Whistling toy



(No Model.)

T. E. BULGER.

WHISTLING TOY.

No. 255,250. Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

THOMAS E. BULGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WHISTLING TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,THOMAS E. BULGER, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Whistling Toys; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective,and Fig.2 alongitudinal vertical section, of my toy, the nature of which consistsin the employment of a whistle provided at its lower end with a flexibletube having its opposite end plugged, and in which is inserted a smallquantity of water.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use the invention, Iwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A designates a suitable tube having the notch 6 cut therein, andsupplied with plug (1, which is formed in the usual manner for makingwhistles. The lower or outer end of tube A is left open but upon it isslipped the indiarubber tube B, with its outer end securely plugged, asindicated in Fig. 2. If, now, a few drops of water be inserted at notchc or at the upper end of tube A, so that it will enter the flexibletube, by blowing in tube A and grasppart of Letters Patent No. 255,250,dated March 21, 1882 Application filed February 8, 1852. (No model.)

ing the flexible tube between the finger and thumb a great variety ofpleasing effects or musical sounds may be produced, for it is evidentthat as the water is forced nearer the lower end of the tube A it willcause or induce an ascending musical scale, and vice versa, as the wateris permitted to descend. A little practice will enable any one toperfectly imitate the notes and trill of a canary or other bird.

This application of a flexible tube in which water is inserted may, withsuitable mechanical appliances, be applied to the pipes of an organ forturning or varying the tone of its pipes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a suitable whistling tube or pipe with a flexibletube containing water or otherliquid, substantially asherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affiXmy signature inpresence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. BULGER.

Witnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, W. O. M CARTHUR.

